Eumenes
Sign in to saveEumenes (; ; ) was a Greek general, satrap, and Successor of Alexander the Great. He participated in the Wars of Alexander the Great, serving as Alexander's personal secretary and later on as a battlefield commander. Eumenes depicted himself as a lifelong loyalist of Alexander's dynasty and championed the cause of the Macedonian Argead royal house.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 0363-00-00
- Died
- 0316-01-01
- Works
- 3
Top works
- An address to a young student, on his entrance into college
- A plan for the government of Bengal, and for the protection of the other British settlements in the East Indies
- Dialogues of Eumenes; or the Religion of the Heart, Distinguished from That Attachment to Mere Modes, Which Too Frequently Deforms the Christian Temper
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- 5
- Total plays
- 10
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Key facts
- Military person.name
- Eumenes
- Military person.native_name
- Εὐμένης
- Military person.death_date
- winter of 316-315 BC (aged 45)
- Military person.birth_date
- 361 BC
- Military person.birth_place
- Cardia (near the Gulf of Saros, Turkey)
- Military person.death_place
- Gabiene, Persia (modern-day Iran)
- Military person.death_cause
- Strangulation (Execution)
- Military person.image
- Coins of Philip III Arrhidaeus. 323-317 BC.jpg
- Military person.image_size
- 280
- Military person.caption
- Gold stater (319-317 BC) of the Macedonian mint at Susa. Eumenes struck the coin to fund his war against Antigonus I Monophthalmus. Athena depicted left, Nike depicted right.
- Military person.allegiance
- Macedonian Empire Argead Dynasty
Key dates
- Born
- 363 BCE
- Died
- 1 January 316 BCE
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Article
25 sectionsContents
- Early career
- After the death of Alexander the Great
- Satrap of Cappadocia and Paphlagonia (323–319 BC)
- The arrival of Cleopatra and war
- Asia Minor and the Hellespont
- After the death of Perdiccas and Triparadisus
- Battle of Orkynia
- Remainder of the campaign
- The Second War of the Diadochi (319–315 BC)
- Campaign in Cilicia and Syria
- Campaign in the Upper Satrapies
- Battle of the river Coprates
- Stay in Persis
- Battle of Paraitakene
- Interim to Gabiene
- Battle of Gabiene
- Betrayal and Death
- Legacy
- Generalship
- Impact on the Age
- References
- Bibliography
- Ancient sources
- Modern sources
- External links
Eumenes (; ; ) was a Greek general, satrap, and Successor of Alexander the Great. He participated in the Wars of Alexander the Great, serving as Alexander's personal secretary and later on as a battlefield commander. Eumenes depicted himself as a lifelong loyalist of Alexander's dynasty and championed the cause of the Macedonian Argead royal house.
In the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, Eumenes initially supported the regent Perdiccas in the First Diadochi War, and later the Argead royalty in the Second Diadochi War. Despite less experience as a commander, Eumenes defeated Craterus, one of Alexander's most accomplished generals, at the Battle of the Hellespont in 321 BC. After Perdiccas' murder in 320 BC Eumenes became a public enemy of the new Post-Alexander regime under Antipater and Antigonus. In 319 BC he was defeated by Antigonus at the Battle of Orkynia and confined to Nora.
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